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- noun Plural form of
ballot . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
ballot .
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Examples
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The only real argument I have heard for mail-in ballots is that they increase turnout.
Wake me when it's over David 2007
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The only real argument I have heard for mail-in ballots is that they increase turnout.
Archive 2007-10-01 David 2007
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Honesty in counting the ballots is the most important thing to keep a democracy alive, but once fraud is allowed into elections it leads to dictatorship!
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In lieu of sendin 'ballots for votes to shareholders, a CEO pay stub dispaly would be wisely welcomed by one and all.
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The Republican advantage among mail ballots is plus 22 and among in-person early voters is +10.
Michael P. McDonald: What Does Early Voting Tell Us About the State of the Election? Michael P. McDonald 2010
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The point I have tried to make to Garland and the others who insist that the state must throw out the electronic machines and return to the days of "reliable" paper ballots is this: Georgia has a long history of elections being stolen through the use of fraudulent paper ballots.
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Of the most troublesome aspects of this election, the ruling by the Minnesota supreme court that the two parties “agree” on how to handle the last 1600 or so wrongfully rejected ballots is the most bizzare.
Counting Ballots (Again) in Minnesota - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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The deadline for nominating ballots is currently a little confusing.
Hugo Nominating Opens sfawardswatch 2009
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Awards | The deadline for the 2009 Harvey Award nomination ballots is Friday.
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The Republican advantage among mail ballots is plus 22 and among in-person early voters is +10.
Michael P. McDonald: What Does Early Voting Tell Us About the State of the Election? Michael P. McDonald 2010
chained_bear commented on the word ballots
"fr. sacks or bales of wool or cotton, used in cases of emergency, to form parapets and cover the workmen in saps; general Jackson used bales of cotton in his gallant defence of New-Orleans in January last." (citation in list description)
October 10, 2008